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I would honestly give it a shot to live in a company town run by my employer (a large Bay Area tech company) in Nevada. It would be interesting to live in a com

I would honestly give it a shot to live in a company town run by my employer (a large Bay Area tech company) in Nevada. It would be interesting to live in a communal setting where food/housing/etc is gratis and I unironically think the sense of community would be so much higher than it is otherwise (nil). I have no kids and no aversion to moving away if needed so the risks are quite low. That said, there would be some interesting problems to overcome. To what degree of control do community activities/organizations go through the parent corporation, or are they done entirely independently? What happens if someone commits a crime? Would the corporation run schools? How does the corporation handle dating/gender imbalance?

warkdarrior 6y ago
> where food/housing/etc is gratis Sweet, sweet child!
kelnos 6y ago
> food/housing/etc is gratis Why would you assume it would work this way? My assumption is that it most definitely would not be. And even if it did, being dependent upon your employer-employee relationship for housing sounds pretty risky. I get that you might be in a position to not worry about that risk so much, but I think accepting things like that starts to set a dangerous precedent. It's already bad enough that we in the US already depend on our employers for health insurance.
- opportune 6y ago
  Well food is already gratis at my employer. To get people to move out there, I think they would pretty much have to include housing too - sure at the end of the day it's kind of coming out of your wages in a way, but it's an expense you would have to pay for anyway.